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FREEPORT
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BALDWIN
ZID Code 11510
MERRICK
Zip Code 11566
ROOSEVELT
Z ID Code 11ti7i
35th YEAR, No. 43 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1971 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
LUTHER E. WOODWARD SCHOOL
TO LOCATE ON MERRICK RD.
Detective Julius Pearse
Honored
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Bacie on the joli after being honored Monday evening at a
testimonial dinner "for distir^uished service as a citizen and for
outstanding work with youth groups", is Freeport detective
Julius Pearse.
Sponsofcd by the Neighborhood Civic League Youth Group,
the affair was held at Saint Demetrios Hall and attended by
Village and Police Department dignitaries and several hundred
Freeport. "friends of Pearse".
Detective Pearse was presented with two plaques; one by Andrew
Htfdwick for the Youth Group and one by Nat Jackson on
iMhalf of the Black Coalition of Freeport.
Citizens' Group lacks
Fairherg for Reelection
Prominent FrcepoTi in­dustrialist
Bernard Ames is
heading an independent citizens'
group working for the reelection
of Village Trustee George
Fairlaerg. Mr. Ames, President of
Columbian Bronze Corporation,
today announced the formation of
the Freeporters For Fairberg,
"To give that vast body of
resident who are not affiliated
with local political groups an
opportunity to vote on a non­partisan
line for the best
qualified man in the field."
The Freeport election will be on
Tuesday, March 16, with two
seats at stake an the Village
Board, the five-man governing
body of the village. George
Fairberg has also been
nominated by the Village Party,
the political unit of Mayor Robert
J. Sweeney's administration,
although Mr. Fairberg is not a
Village Party memlw-r but a
political independent.
The steerinjg committee of the
Freeporters For Fairberg was
named by Mr. Am^ as: Jules
Bergenthal, Arthur Briskin,
Murray Funt, Philip Golden,
Joseph Meltzer, Leo Meringoff,
Victor Sandak, Irving > Schnapp.
Max Shustek, Bernard Verona.
Mr. Ames said the main func­tions
of his independents would
be, "To once again bring to the
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Mrs. Ralph G. Casu was an honored guest «( the Annual
Luncheon of the Auxiliary of ilie Luther E. Woodward
School for Emotionally Disturbed C hildreii on January 26,
1971. Mrs. Gertrude K. Bernian. of Freeport. the I:xeculive
Director of the school, and Mrs. Fred Atcarino, tlic
Auxih'ary President, are seen here with Mrs, Caso.
The school will be located on tlic south side of West
Merrick Road, 233 feet east of Long Beach Avenue.
The accompanying photo shows the vacant house, now
on llie site, that will be demolished soon for the project.
The proceeds of the luncheon were designated for the
proposed I'/i-miilion-dollar-building of (he School.
The Luther E. Woodward School, a non-profit, non-sectarian
facility located in Freeport, New York, provides
education and rehabilitation for severely disturbed children
in a mental health setting. The new building, wlicn com-pleted,
will permit the Scliool to provide additional
services lo an increased number of severely emotionally
disturbed cltildrcn.
Stolen Car Alert W.G.B.B.
Mrs. G. Dickerman of 22 Gill
Avenue, Freeport, while at her
place of employment in Rockville
Centre, heard W G, B. B an­nounce
a stolen. 1961
Oldsmobile.
Mrs. Dickerman recalled
seeing Rockville Centre Police
Department watching a 1961
Oldsmobile that had been ab-doned
in the Safeway Service
Station in Rockville Centre,
which is njBtl: ' door
Bickerman*s place
ployment.
Mrs. Dickerman
Freeport Police Department and
(»r was recovered and returned
to owner.
The lawless are finding it hard
to make a living in Freeport these
days, what with "40,000 pairs of
eyes** on them.
•Rie "4O.(W0 pairs ol eyes"
to
of
Mrs.
em-called
represent the 40,000 residents of
F'reeport concerned with the
Village's crime rate.
Local newspapers and service
organizations such as the
Freeport Lions Club have
devoted time, space and eltati to
the program and a noticeable
drop in local crime has been the
result. Abe Hammer, local
photographer, and radio station
WGBB have also given a big
boost to "40,000 eyes" par-ticularly.
WGBB has been most
effective in issuing periodical
stolen car alarms throughout the
day.
"Just about everyone Is getting
into the act" says Chief Elar, and
all responsible citizens in
Freeport are luged to report all
suspicious incidents and
characters by ^calling Village
Police at FR 8^00.
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